Same Day Service

Punk Globe Magazine November 2005
Same Day Service are made up of two sisters Sarah and Maggie with Christina on Bass/Vocal duties. I first read about these a while back and missed them when they were last in the UK. This 7 track offering of Indie with a Punk influence isn´t bad at all. It made a change to listen to something which had a bit of thought put in to the music. For me ´OK Alright´, ´Summer Boys´ and ´Move On´ were the best ones for me. I thought the last track ´Love Song´ was a tad too slow for me but on hearing it again it´s gradually winning me over. Not much esle I can say about this band apart from to check this mini album out. (Captiva) 7/10 Steve DIY

The Oklahoma Gazette Oct. 26, 2005
"The word that describes Same Day Service's live show is "fun." They rock a Ramones-lite power-pop that is totally a blast to watch."
- H. Barry Zimmerman, photo by Seth Leech

The Oklahoma Daily Oct. 13, 2005
- Jennifer Rickard

Boyd Street, Sept. 6, 2005, issue 2, Volume 3
- Sam Magid, photos by Scott Mellgren

Resonance, Issue 45
photo by Alex Wright
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Maximum RockNRoll - July 2005
All-girl group from Texas with punky indie stuff that reminds me of the C86 era of SHOP ASSISTANTS as well as the HISSYFITS. Great vocal harmonies with good DIY under-production. A cool seven-track release, especially for fans of the gal stuff.

Joy Zine 2005
...new wank fodder has arrived in the shape of Same Day Service – three cool American punkettes with unsightly visible tattoos and everything… Their record is a bit like The Donnas going for a slumber party at The Ataris’ house. Not really my bag, but instantly more preferable than insipid punk-rock shit like Simple Plan and Good Charlotte.
-Tom Leins

UK Music Search May 12, 2005 (show review)
"...Last up are Same Day Service, three piece pop-punk-princesses from Texas. Although they played at The Well just a few weeks ago, it's still difficult to figure out just how the promoters could get hold of such a well known international band. The girls don't seem to mind though, and just come off as happy to be playing to an audience who are very into them and give them as much support as you can expect from a bunch of tired people who have been dancing for the past 3 hours. It's catchy, fun, energetic pop-punk with plenty of on-stage motion, particularly from the bassist who comes across as more than a little bit insane. There are cheers for all the favourite songs, laughing for all the little comedic bits in-between, plenty of hellish moshing, and even a little bit of crowd-surfing. Without a doubt, SDS has this gig wrapped around their collective finger. Again, the set is forced to be cut short due to time restrictions, but the girls don't seem to mind and it's unlikely that anybody in the audience would claim this was a bad gig because of it..."

The University Star Oct. 28, 2004 (show review)
SAME DAY SERVICE GIRLS DELIVER HARD-CORE PUNK AT LUCY'S
Poppy vocals and loud, fast guitars characterize the sound of Austin band Same Day Service. The band played its first San Marcos show Oct. 22 at Lucy’s on the Square.
Same Day Service features Sarah Rimassa on guitar and lead vocals, Maggie Rimassa on drums and Christina Ownby on bass. The band was formed in 1999 by twin sisters Sarah and Maggie in Norman, Okla. After a few lineup changes, Ownby joined the group in 2003.
When asked what motivated them to start the band, Ownby said, “It was an addiction to performing, something about it that once you experience it, you want to go back for more.”
These women are no strangers to performing and playing their instruments — Sarah has played for about 14 years, Maggie for 13 (off and on) and Ownby for seven.
The band cited several musical influences from bands like Bad Religion, MXPX and Blink 182, and several ’80s pop artists as well. From the outset of their show at Lucy’s, which started about 11 p.m., it was evident their music contained audible elements from the bands that inspired them.
The band started its set hastily with high-energy output; none of the songs was longer than two to three minutes. Although there was only a small crowd, everyone seemed focused on the band and the band, in turn, on the crowd. The band played three songs back-to-back, “Last Summer,” “Try” and “First Kiss,” from its newest album, Waiting for Tomorrow, injecting a frenetic energy into the crowd. During parts of the set, the band members synchronized their steps while playing, giving them a lively appeal.
After the band finished its last song, the crowd pleaded for one more. One enthusiastic patron shouted, “Same Day Service rocks my ass!” They obliged with “Rockin’ Out” as an encore, which they explained was a song about playing air guitar in your room. Even after they finished the encore, the crowd still wanted more, but time was up.
People gathered around their merchandise table soon after the show and bought Same Day Service shirts and CDs, and signed up to join the mailing list.
All stereotypes aside, this all-girl, do-it-yourself band tears down the stereotype that the punk music scene is strictly for guys. They play their instruments well and know how to work the crowd. Same Day Service is definitely a band to go check out for its unique onstage flair, and to rock out to with its catchy songs that stick in your mind.
- Maira Garcia, Entertainment Writer

sarahsaturday.com October 2004
Rarely, and I mean rarely, do I actually like female vocals—which is strange coming from a female vocalist. But sometimes a girl’s voice is exactly what a song needs. Enter: Same Day Service. This shit rules! Solid, up-tempo punky pop that never lets you linger on the fact that three girls are responsible for it. So let’s all get the fuck over the “chick band” thing for a minute and drive around with SDS turned up and our windows rolled down!

www.russellsreviews.co.uk October 2004
Same Day Service's latest album 'Waiting For Tomorrow' is the sound of three girls from Austin, Texas taking the Lemonheads 'It's A Shame About Ray', roughing it up a bit and turning it on its head. For the most part they use the same fuzzed up guitars that Evan deployed so well and infuse the tunes with their own identities. Simple rhythms, cool harmonies and duelling vocals all go into the great melting pop to produce a classic punk pop album.You can imagine sticking this album on when you feel a bit down, then spending the next half hour jumping around the room, singing along, before collapsing in a heap on the floor, exhausted but with a huge smile on your face.
It's difficult to pick out any tunes as being superior to the others, as the sound stays pretty similar throughout, yet sometimes the comfort of the familiar is a wonderful thing. That said, in 'First Kiss' a finer example of buzz-saw pop you may never find.
-Russell Barker

oklahomarock.com October 2004
Former Norman and current Austin, Texas band Same Day Service improves on their technique of cheery pop-punk on Waiting For Tomorrow. The disc delivers just over 35 minutes of good pop-punk stylings, cute harmonies and a general sense of optimism. The band delivers MxPx pop sensibilities with the edge of The Eyeliners.
The songs range from the awkwardness of becoming an adult ("Life" & "Endless Adolescence") to being on the road, forgetting those adult responsibilities and just having fun ("Last Summer" & "Greetings From Nowhere"). And what pop-punk album would be complete without some sort of love songs ("First Kiss" and "Try")? And two of the better songs on the album, I might add.
The lyrics, while cheesy at times (like most, if not all pop-punk), are generally more mature than the band's previous efforts. Coupling with the lyrics are good power chords, a bouncy bass and steady drum beats.
"Last Summer" takes a page out of The Ataris' guide to song-storytelling. I know this moment won't last long / this feeling it makes me smile / so why not put it in a song / remember it for a while. "Take It" contains a surprisingly defiant and grown-up hook. With you by my side / I can only be better / but without you here / I'll be just fine.
In their first few years of existence (and even today), Same Day Service was labeled a gimmick band for not only having twins in the band, but all girls. While, admittedly it is a little gimmicky, it still works. And that gimmick shouldn't take away from the serious music, good energy and refreshing optimism this band brings to the table.
-Ryan La Croix

Black Velvet - Issue 41, Fall 2004
What more could most men want? Three women blasting out sultry pop-punk, with 12 tracks here to show off they’re prowess... The first thing to note is that Sarah’s vocal style is distinctly non-aggressive, but still the guitar chords and drum beats are fueled by punky vibes, as the bright and breezy opening track of "Last Summer" soon cottons on the harder-edged yet smoothly vocalized "Life". "First Kiss" jubilantly reeks of feel-good times when lust and love euphorically co-exist in a new relationship, before "Try" hears such positive feelings turn to more vengeful and hateful ones, while "Endless Adolescence" aurally pours out their fears of growing old…All their songs are extremely well-crafted and heaving with beaming hooks and harmonies. The one possible gripe might be that all songs sound far too similar. Still, it’s a service worth recommending.

Denton Record-Chronicle - Sept. 16, 2004
Band majors in the big 3:Life, Love, Music
Same Day Service has logged a lot of time on the road. The Austin-based pop-punk band has been around the country and even around Germany and Italy. That’s good work for a band that a pair of twin sisters started six years ago in their hometown of Norman, Okla.
Guitarist Sarah Rimassa, drummer Maggie Rimassa and bassist Christina Ownby all share singing duties, yielding pretty dual vocals over fast, upbeat melodies.
Lyrically, the subjects gravitate toward love, life and music, with a diary-like honesty and frankness. For instance, "Greetings From Nowhere," on Waiting for Tomorrow, touches on the life of a touring band on the road, when everything’s up in the air but the familiarity of music can bridge gaps: "Strangers become friends with the strum of a guitar/A house becomes a home/Doesn’t matter where we are."
There’s never been a conscious decision for the band to be all women. It’s not "because we want to make a statement," said Maggie Rimassa. But because the sisters want to play in a band with friends, "It’s just kind of the way it worked out."
The sisters met Ownby through mutual friends last year and signed her up after the departure of their longtime bassist. Ownby, a Dallas resident, heads south for practice each week.
The band shares the indie pop sensibilities of ’90s girl-fronted groups like the danceable beats of the Dancehall Crashers and the emotional earnestness of That Dog.
Rimassa says the group first started out with influences that were "straight-up pop-punk" — MxPx, Blink-182. They’ve since broadened their range thanks to whatever kind of music they happen to be listening to — she lists the emo-punk of Jimmy Eat World and New Romantic revivalists the Killers, as well as throwbacks like the Beatles and the Bangles.
So there’s not any Riot Grrrl posturing here, but the guitars and drums stay anything but docile. There’s a bit of a sneer beneath the veneer of the recording, and the harder edges come further out of hiding in the band’s live show. The fairly straightforward recording belies the trio’s onstage energy and camaraderie.
Same Day Service has kept things independent with three self-released albums. The trio’s at the point where they’re on the lookout for a label, though.
"I think because we actually are self-sufficient, we want to keep control," Rimassa said, "and that doesn’t seem to fly with most labels."
Same Day Service plays Monday night at a fund-raiser for Ladyfest Biblebelt.
- Mariel Tam / Staff Writer

The Austin Chronicle - Sept. 10. 2004 (show review)
…Here on Congress, three chicks bounce onstage: Same Day Service. The makeshift pile of 2-by-4s behind the tiny coffeehouse is supporting twins and a bass player who’s plainly been to too many NOFX shows. Headbanging should be kept to a minimum in a pop band! OK, pop punk, and it’s damn refreshing…

lincoln-diy.tk - June 2004 (show review)
Same Day Service, a band peddling a very distinct style of pop-based punk. Thankfully they manage to stand apart from the 1000s of other bands in the genre by having the balls (metaphorically of course) to speed things up a little. They played with a great deal of confidence and seemed genuinely happy to be here doing their thing for us…it is safe to say that SDS are a band we're gonna hear more from in the future.

Arf Zine #1 - Summer 2004
I saw this band not to long ago at Flicks. They were on tour all the way from Texas so I blagged their cd to review it for u lot. I heard them describe themselves as pop punk onstage and according to the sound of their cd they’re not wrong…Girly angst vocals spread over endless guitar riffs and background noise…a lotta kids are getting down to this stuff and I reckon same day service will go far by attitude alone. Plus they’ve come this far, can’t be hard to get further. D.I.Y. rules

LogoMagazine.com - May 2004
Austin, Texas’ Same Day Service are an all-girl pop-punk act, something of a rarity, and rightly so, ‘cos girls can’t rock, right? Wrong. Formed in 1998 around the axis of twin sisters Sarah and Maggie Rimassa, and completed by the addition last year of bassist Christina Ownby, the instant lazy reference is the similarly familial Breeders, in truth a reference fairly close to the mark given Sarah’s vocal similarity to both Kim and Kelly Deal. The difference comes in their vessel of choice, and in this case there are echoes of the brat-punk of The Yeastie Girls and the quality end of pop-punk; the thought of Green Day collaborating with The Indigo Girls will get you in the door, once in you’ll stick around for the duration.
Reuben Blades

Girlpunk.net
Speak of teamwork; these three ladies really epitomize the very spirit of cooperation and sharing. In a time where bands normally feature one lead vocalist who eventually takes all the credit and fame for the success of the band at the expense of all the other equally hardworking instrumentalists, Same Day Service decided that there will be no such sparkling starlet who will stand alone as the “representative” of their band. Although the three ladies play separate instruments (Sarah on guitar, Maggie on drums and Lisa on bass), they all sing as well. True enough, Sarah does take the role of lead vocalist but you definitely hear just as much of the other two ladies whether in the background or in the foreground. You definitely still hear one single voice sounding out from the tracks, but the downplaying of the lead vocals results in a vague but interesting sound.
Their punk sound with angst-filled lyrics singing of adolescence and liberty boasts a very mature, intelligent sound that is definitely something to look out for. These ladies are definitely good at what they do.
Listen out for “First Kiss”.
-Elizabeth Palik

Shredding Paper #17
Review of Waiting for Tomorrow - Twins Sarah and Maggie Rimassa lead this Austin, TX band that does the pop punk thing. This self-released effort at its best sounds like the Eyeliners when they've got the pacing fast enough, but most of the songs are a little slower, with vocals that are a tad too detached from the perkiness of the music for me. There are some good songs on this, such as the perky "First Kiss" and "New York" which features a nice chugga chuga guitar and some better harmonies. Lyrically, it's about growing up, relationships and following your dreams. This is one that has grown on me more and more with repeated listenings, and they've got the chops to make some good pop punk in the future. -Steve

Punk Planet Issue #58
Nov/Dec 2003
SDS from Austin keeps releasing excellent pop-punk full lengths, with unique semirobotic female vocals that help compensate for sometimes overly cutesy lyrics. There are twin sisters in this band that sounds a lot like early Face to Face. If their next album is still self-released, it'll be strictly by choice.

Maximum Rock and Roll - October 2003, Issue 24
This all female trio sounds like a cross between Limp and Fabulous Disaster, with a Millencolin lyrical theme and feel. If you like these bands, you'll probably think this is alright too.

MySweater.net - September 2003 www.mysweater.net
Review of Waiting for Tomorrow
8 out of 10
Listening to this record gives me the same feeling I get when I’m making a sandwich and my younger sister’s band is practicing downstairs. I feel happy. Not only because I’m about to eat, but because I can hear something truly honest, heartfelt, and unaffected making it’s way through the floors of our suburban bungalow to my ears. There’s a feeling of secrecy and invasion, in a way, too - where the people being listened-in on have no idea what is happening, making the experience all the more genuine. Same Day Service offers up 11 examples of why simple honesty can still create great music, even when the music itself is nothing mind-blowingly special. Playing basic Ramones-style three-chord pop-punk (Holy hyphens, Batman!), SDS makes up in heart what they lack in musical originality. From the opening lines of "Last Summer", the tone is set for the rest of Waiting For Tomorrow’s lyrical style - simple, diary-esque honesty, which has certainly been influenced by such band’s as Weezer (circa-Pinkerton) and The Ataris. "I know this moment won’t last long, this feeling it makes me smile. So why not put it in a song and remember it for awhile". Even though I wasn’t making a sandwich while listening to it, Waiting For Tomorrow still made me smile.
--S. Sutherland

skratch magazine September 2003
Same Day Service is an all-girl punk band, so of course I have to compare them to Sleater Kinney. I really hate to do that, because in it's own way I'd say this is better than Sleater Kinney. SDS is somewhere between Veruca Salt and your favorite band of all time, playing fast, heavy rock and has really nice fun lyrics. There's lots of sincereity in all their songs.

The Austin Chronicle - Aug. 1, 2003
GIRLIE ACTION
By Margaret Moser
…Waiting for Tomorrow…celebrating love, growing up and dreams of the future in 11 punky pop songs of endearing sibling harmony…

The Edge Magazine - Aug. 2003
SAME DAY SERVICE Waiting For Tomorrow
Local Feature By Troy Doebbler
The new release from Austin based band Same Day Service, an all female three-piece outfit, is coming at you with their rock and roll punk-fused style of music. With a little bit of attitude you can get a long way, and I like the vibe these three musicians pour into the eleven-song release entitled Waiting For Tomorrow. There is fire and energy in the music and in the writing, and they have captured a very good representation of that on this disc. I don’t want to put to much attention on the fact that the members are female, because it really just matters if you can play or not, and this group has got some good things going on. With pop punk songs like "Last summer" and " Anthem" this band will get you hopping and a moving to the music singing along to the catchy lyrics that stay in your head. The closest band I could compare Same Day Service to would probably be L7 with a smoother tone and better choruses. All in all this is a good band with a good sounding record with a lot of solid songs on it, definitely worth a listen. My favorites on the disc are "Greetings From Nowhere", and "Rockin’ Out". Give this band a listen, I am sure you will be seeing them around soon, or check them out at www.sdsrocks.com

The Norman Transcript - POP
July 4, 2003
Same Day Service home for CD release serenade
By Doug Hill

Lots of kids in Norman know Mr. And Mrs. Rimassa. Besides being Maggie's (drums) and Sarah's (vocals/guitar) parents, Mrs. Rimassa was a Girl Scout leader and public school volunteer. Their twin daughters formed Same Day Service a few years ago while attending the University of Oklahoma.
SDS was immediately the most dynamic pop/punk sister combo in Oklahoma. Always supporting the twins, mom and pop met more kids at CD world in-store shos and Deli performances.
Based in Austin, Same Day Service is now on tour in support of the bright, new "Waiting for Tomorrow". (self-produced, 2003)
Before their homecoming CD release party at The Opolis June 20, the Rimassas' had an Italiano dinner waiting when they rolled back into town. Another conquest, SDS' newest member, Angel Gallo(bass), raved about the house lasagna later while answering questions about music. "My first meal in Norman was awesome" she said.
"We're really happy with our new album. It was recorded at 8 Houses Down in Denver. We were there for about a month. This is really our first album where we've invested a lot of time and money into. We're really excited," Sarah said.
"The music scene in Austin is awesome. We get to play good shows with cool bands like Near Miss, Dynamite Boy, Recover, All Normal Society and Econoline. Angel's husband plays in the last two," Maggie said. "His songs are short, melodic and some in Italian," Gallo said giggling.
"It was cool for us starting in Norman, because all the bands here were supportive of each other. We've played with rock, funk, country and hardcore bands. You couldn't be a snob here and say 'I'm only going to play with another punk band'. In Austin, you only play with others in your genre," Sarah said.
Collective professional musician do and don'ts: Do bring a tuner. Do respond to emails the day you get them even if that's not the cool thing to do. If you don't, you'll forget. Support local bands. Be nice. It doesn't do any good to talk shit about other bands because it'll come back to you eventually. Don't let mean soundmen get to you. Do have fun.

Dallas Music Guide 2003
Interview by Sarah Kahn

DIG BMX Magazine July/August 2001 - by Ryan Corrigan

www.destroyradio.com - Summer 2001
…this all girl pop punk band knows how to keep the boys happy with their music…Strong lyrics and a great sound will easily vault this song into my Top 10 list for the year. This band deserves to be played for the masses on Commercial FM radio…Innocence and music played out perfectly.